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CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



SOCIETY OF THE ALUMNI, 



OF THE 



University of Pennsylvania. 



PHILADELPHIA: 
KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS, 607 SANSOM ST. 

1858. 






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CONSTITUTION 



PREAMBLE. 



The object of this Association shall be to sustain 
and advance the interests of the University of Penn- 
sylvania, and to cherish feelings of brotherhood and 
amity among its graduates. 

ARTICLE I. 

OF THE NAME. 

The name of this Association shall be "The Societt 
OF THE Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania." 



ARTICLE 11. 

OF THE OFFICERS. 

Sect. 1. The officers of the Society shall be 
a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding 
Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and 
a Board of Managers. 



Sect. 2. The President, or in his absence, one 

of the Vice-Presidents, in the order of seniority, 

shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and 
decide all questions of order. 

Sect. 3. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding 
Secretary to answer all letters addressed to the 
Society, and open and maintain such correspon- 
dence as may tend to advance its interests, and 
to keep a record thereof, subject to the directions 
of the Society. 

Sect. 4. The Eecording Secretary shall keep correct 
minutes of the proceedings of all meetings of the 
Society; and give notice of the stated and special 
meetings. 

Sect. 5. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys 
of the Society, keep correct accounts of the receipts 
and expenditures, pay all orders allowed by the 
Managers, exhibit an accurate statement of his receipts 
and payments at the stated meetings and whenever 
called upon by the Managers. 

Sect. 6. The Board of Managers shall be composed 
of twenty members, of whom four shall be graduates 
of at least ten years' standing, and one from each of 
the three last graduating classes, whose duty it shall 
be to execute all measures which may be confided to 
them by the Society. They shall have charge of all 
matters of finance and all business of the Society not 
otherwise provided for. They shall keep regular 
minutes of their proceedings, which shall be open at 
all times to the inspection of the officers or members 



of the Society ; and shall make a report thereof to the 
annual meeting of the Society. 

They shall have power to make rules for their own 
regulation; and may supply all vacancies which may 
happen in their body between the times of meetings. 

Sect. 7. At the annual meeting of the Society an 
Orator from among the graduates shall be elected for 
the ensuing year. 

Sect. 8. The officers of the Society shall be ex- 
officio members of the Board of Managers. 



ARTICLE III. 

OF ELECTIONS. 

Sect. 1. The first election for officers shall be held 
immediately after the adoption of this Constitution; 
and subsequent elections shall be held at the annual 
meeting hereinafter provided for. 

Sect. 2. The elections for officers shall be by 
ballot, unless when by unanimous consent of the 
members present at any stated meeting, the Society 
may agree to hold them viva voce. 

Sect. 3. No member shall be permitted to vote 
until he shall have signed the Constitution and paid 
his initiation fee. 



ARTICLE IV. 

OF MEMBERS. 

Sect. 1. The members shall consist of graduates of 
the Department of Arts of the University of Pennsyl- 
vania. 

Sect. 2. Any graduate may become a member of 
this Society by signing the Constitution and paying to 
the Treasurer the sum of one dollar. 

Sect. 3. Honorary members may be elected at any 
stated meeting of the Society. 



ARTICLE V. 

OF MEETINGS. 

Sect. 1. The annual meeting of the Society shall 
be held on the anniversary hereinafter provided for. 

Sect. 2. Special meetings may be called by the 
President on the application of any two members of 
the Board of Managers. 

Sect. 3. Fifteen members shall make a quorum for 
the transaction of business. 

Sect. 4. The time and place of delivering the 
annual address shall be determined by the Board of 
Managers, and they shall have power to supply any 
vacancy which may occur in the appointment of 
Orator. 



Sect. 5. The thirteenth day of November in each 
year shall be considered the anniversary: on which day 
the annual oration shall be delivered, to be followed 
by such further celebration as may from year to year 
be considered expedient. 

Provided., that should the said anniversary happen 
to fall on Saturday or Sunday, it shall be celebrated on 
the following Monday. 



ARTICLE VI. 

OF PAYMENTS. 

Sect. 1. Every member shall, on his signing the 
Constitution, pay into the hands of the Treasurer the 
sum of one dollar. 

Sect. 2. There shall also be an annual contribution 
of one dollar assessed upon such of the members of the 
Society as may reside in Philadelphia or its vicinity. 



ARTICLE VII. 



OF AMENDMENTS. 



Sect. 1. Amendments may be made to this Con- 
stitution at any stated meeting of the Society by the 
concurrence of two-thirds of the members present. 



ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 

1. Stated meetings of the Board of Officers and 
Managers are to be held quarterly, on the third 
Thursday of March, June, September and December. 

2. Special meetings may be called by the President, 
or in case of his absence from the city, by either of the 
Vice-Presidents, on the application of three members 
of the Board. 

3. The officers of the Society are to be ex-officio 
officers of the Board. 

4. A quorum of the Board of Managers shall consist 
of not less than seven of the members thereof. 



NAMES OF MEMBERS. 



* A star indicates a deceased member. 



1783. 

x^nthony Morris. 

1791. 

* Thomas Biddle. 

1795- 

Thomas H. White. 



1799. 
Bayse Newcomb. 

1803. 
John McAllister, Jun. 



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1804. 
*E.ob't. M. Patterson, M.D. 

1807. 
*T. I. Wharton. 



181O. 

*J. Simon Cohen, 
Franklin Bache, M.D., 
WiUiam Shippen, M.D. 

1812. 

F. W. Rawle, 
Joseph Parker Norris, 
John M. Eead, 
James J. Barclay. 

1815. 
Geo. ;B. Wood, M.D. 

1816. 
Isaac Hays, M.D. 

i8ig. 

Henry D. Gilpin, 
James Kitchen, M.D. 



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l820. 

Beaton Smith, 
Henry Paul Beck. 

1821. 

Isaac Norris, 
*Wade T. Smith, 
Chas. B. Jaudon. 

1822. 

C. Ingersoll, ' 
Morgan Ash, 
Wm. B. Reed, 
J. O. Ewing, 
Geo. Brinton, 
J. A. Phillips. 

1823. 

Geo. M. Wharton, 
Wm. S. Zantzinger, 
P. Frazer Smith. 

1824. 
Lewis R. Ashhurst. 

1825. 

A. E. Borie, 
Vincent L. Bradford, 
* Henry Reed, 
James Goodman. 



1826. 

Robert B. Davidson, 
C. P. Bayard, 
Joseph Carson, M.D. 

1827. 

Geo. W. Norris, M.D., 
Edw. Hallowell, 
*Wm. H. Klapp, M.D. 

1828. 

Geo. Sharswood, 
Horace Evans, M.D. 

1829. 

Clement Biddle, Jun., 
James C. Booth. 

1830. 

Prof. John F. Frazer, U.P., 
Horn R. Kneass, 
W. D. Baker. 



1831. 

Rev. John W. Faires, 
Chas. E. Lex. 



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1832. 

*Geo. Emlen, Jun., 
Henry Longstreth, 
J. R. White, 
Alfred Stille, M.D., 
Thomas A. Biddle, 
St. Geo. T. Campbell, 
John B. Shober. 



1833- 

Wm. W. Smith, 
Wm. H. Ashhurst, 
John Wm. Wallace, 
Wm. Elbert Evans, 
Rev. Kingston Goddard. 



1834. 

Henry J. Biddle, 
James W. Paul, 
J. I. Clark Hare, 
Henry H. Smith, M.D. 



1835- 

Alexander McKinley, 

Joseph Tiers, 

E. IngersoU, 

C. Campbell Cooper, M.D. 



1836. 

Rev. T. W. J. Wylie, 
R. A. Parrish, Jun. 



1837. 

John Bohlen, Jun., 
J. R. Baker, 
*A. D. Chaloner, M.D., 
J. Philips Montgomery, 
Anth'y E. Stocker, M.D., 
Marine T. W. Chandler, 
John Clayton, 
Wm. R. McAdam, 
Francis G. Smith, M.D., 
John Neill, M D. 

1838. 

Theo. Cuyler, 
Lewis A. Scott, 
N. B. Browne, 
H. D. Gregory, 
Isaac Sulger, 
Samuel F. Fisher, 
Rev. Ashbel G. Harned, 
J. L. Ludlow, M.D., 
Howard N. Potts, 
W. W. Fleming. 



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1839. 

* J. Williams Biddle, 
John D. Bryant, M.D., 
Rev. Edward C. Jones, 
E. A. Thouron. 



184.0. 
M. Russell Thayer. 

1841. 

Fred. Carroll Brewster, 
*Moreton Stille, M.D., 
Alfred B. Taylor, 
Wm. E. Lehman, 
Horatio G. Jones, 
Robert P. Harris, M.D., 
Samuel K. Ashton, M.D., 
William Henry Rawle, 
B. B. Heath, 

H. Augustus De France, 
*R,ev. R. Ralston Cox. 

1842. 

W. S. Toland, 
Thos. Frank Cooper, 
Wm. T. Taylor, M.D., 



1843. 

Rev. Casper R. Gregory, 
Moreton P. Henry, 
James R. Ludlow, 
Henry W. Rihl, M.D., 

* David J. Johnson, M.D., 
Francis W. Lewis, M.D , 
John H. Atwood, 
Andrew Levering, 

* Jacob Zehner. 

1844. 

*J. B. Reynolds, 
Jas. S. Fenton, 
John B. Gest, 
Hugh Cooper Hanson, 
Andrew H. Manderson, 
Elias E. Wilson, M.D., 
Rev. S. Moore Shute, 
Rev. Geo F. Miller, 
Geo. M. Lamb. 

1845. 

John M. Collins, 
William H. Crabbe, 
Samuel Wetherill, 
Cha. M. Wetherill, Ph.D. 
Rev. Benj. J. Douglass, 
Samuel G. Rosengarten, 
Rev. Joel Rudderow, 
Joseph R. Paxton, 



Charles S. Keyser, 
Kev. Philip Peltz. 

1846. 

Charles F. Burgin, 
J. Don Carlisle, 
J. B. Dillingham, 
Wm. Rotch Wister, 
T. Hewson Bache, M.D., 
Caldwell K. Biddle, 

*John Perot. 
J. Henry Smaltz, M.D., 
Fred. Klett, Jun., 

*E,ev. James Ely, 
Robert M. Lewis, Jun., 
Geo. Harding, 
Henry Whartonj^ 
Rev. Samuel Cox, Jun. 

1847. 

* W. Arthur Jackson, 
Rev. T. Ralston Smith, 
James M. Price, 
Charles Hartshorne, 
Rev. W. W. Montgomery, 
Thos. Stewardson, Jun., 
Addinell Hewson, M.D., 
Chas. Harmar. 



184.8. 

Prof. F. A. Jackson, U.P., 
Rev. Stuart Mitchell, 
A. OwenStille, M.D., 
* John Stewardson, 
G. H. Robinett, M. D., 
Wm. J. Fleming, M.D., 
Edward Goodfellow. 



1849. 

James Darrach, M.D., 
Wm. H. Taggart, M.D., 
J. S. Z. Sellers, M.D., 
Rev. Geo. W. Scheide, 
Rev. William Huckel. 



1850. 

John Jones, 
Rev. James W. Robins, 
Rev. Geo. B. Reese, 
James L. Chamberlaine, 
W. R. Dunton, M.D., 
Alex. C. Durbin, 
John J. Borie, 
Clement B. Penrose, 
J. H. Brinton, M.D. 



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1851. 

Alfred G. Baker, 
Edwin L. Reakirt, 
J. Johnson Brown, 
Malcolm Maceuen. 

1852. 

Jos. G. Rosengarten, 
Charles F. Taggart, 
M. H. Messchert, 
Brinton Coxe, 
S. B. W. Mitchell, M.D. 
C. H. Hutchinson. 

1853. 

Edward W. Smith, 
James C. Biddle, 
Z. Poulson Dobson, 
Albert H. Smith, M.D., 
Kobert E E-andall, 
Prof. F. Rogers, U.P., 
William F. Judson. 

1854. 

Thomas J. Ash ton, 
Frank Marx Etting, 
Jas. H. Hutchinson, M.D.. 
J. Ilubley Ashton. 



1855- 

Samuel Dickson, 

Samuel Laird, 

Ed. Coppee Mitchell, 

Simon Gratz, 

D. Penrose Buckley. 



1856. 

Edward Coles, Jun., 
Cadwalader Biddle, 
John W. Williams, 
Charles Carroll Jackson, 
Edmund P. Robinson, 
Emlen T. Littell, 
William Sharswood, 
Rich'd Dale Pettit, 
Henry Phillips, 
Richard L. Ashhurst, 
E. Cash Pechin, 
William Reed. 



1857- 

John Ashhurst, Jun. 




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